Just press the "Stop" button, then uncheck the box.Ĥ) Press the red X to close the RSLinx Classic Launch Control Panel.Ħ) Right-click the Startup Folder and click "Open"ħ) Hopefully you will know how to create a shortcut of RSLinx and copy it to this location. If it greyed out, then it is not letting you change the setting because the service is running.
Just to let people know what I did to make it work in the way that I wanted, this is what I did:ġ) Navigate through Start > All Programs > Rockwell Software > RSLinx >Ģ) Click "RSLinx Classic Launch Control Panel", then click "Yes" if prompted by Windows (UAC)ģ) Verify that the "Always Run As Service" box is NOT checked. I wanted to make it so the computer WOULD start up with RS Linx in the system tray (application).
This thread really helped me with my Windows 7 issue! I am currently doing DDE with Excel. In the past with older OS, I remember only getting the tray icon when running as a service, and when running as an application, closing said application really does close it.
I almost always start it by attempting to use RSLogix to "go online" or "who active" or with a Panelbuilder32 download.īut, I do think this is normal. Started from the shortcut, I get no tray icon at all. Oh wait.no it doesn't.it does the same thing as described in the original thread. RSLinx behaves the same for me whether I start with the shortcut or the launch control panel. Even when I open the GUI and hit the red X in the upper right corner, it minimizes to the tray and continues to run (as a service I assume). In my case, I have "Always Run As Service" unchecked in the launch control panel, but when an application calls for it (like Who Active from RSLogix) or when I start it manually, it continues to run as a service and appear in my tray.
I was going to say practically the same thing, but he says that when he closes RSLinx after starting it from a shortcut, it disappears from his tray and is no longer running at all. When you click start in rslinx control panel, you are actually starting the service, even when "always run as service" is unchecked. When i configure it to run as an application, i have to launch it, and when i close it it closes completely. When i configure linx to run as a service, its always running in the system tray. I believe the behavior you describe is normal. I check the SERVICES.MSC for both our computers and RSLinx is not set to start up automatically (it is Manual), and MSCONFIG shows that RSLinx is not configured as a Start Up program.Ĭan anyone point me in the right direction? The odd thing is, a co-worker on Windows 7 had absolutely no problems with this: he installed and Linx automatically starts in his system tray. How to I enable RSLinx to start up automatically as a background application? However, if I do not use the Control Panel and just click on the RSLinx shortcut, the application will open with a Splash Screen, and then when I exit the program completely shuts down. The RSLinx icon then appears in the System tray and I can open and close the program without actually shutting down Linx. I can start the application just fine when using the RSLinx Control Panel, unchecking the "Always run as service" box, and Starting the application. I do not want RSLinx to start as a service, but as an application.
I recently decided to install my Rockwell apps onto my windows 7 environment (previously running XP in a VM).Īfter I installed everything, I notice that when I log on to my computer, RSLinx does not start.